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Subject: Will Cortana become the villain in the new Halo Trilogy?

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Poll: Will Cortana become the villain in the new Halo Trilogy?  [closed]
Yes:  22%
(16 Votes)
No:  78%
(58 Votes)
Total Votes: 74

Knowing that she's more than likely going to go rampant, combined with seeing her lose her -blam!- for a moment in the E3 trailer, I can't help but think that's where things are leading.

  • 06.16.2012 10:11 AM PDT

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I think at some point Chief is going to have to deal with her rampancy. Will it be similar to 343 Guilty Spark? Who knows, it's possible. I think since they're exploring their characters and their relationship, I think dealing with her rampancy will be incredibly difficult for the Chief and cause them to really delve into their character. It has too much potential to pass up.

  • 06.16.2012 10:19 AM PDT

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The entire point of halo 3 is that even if she had became rampant, the chief trusted her.

  • 06.16.2012 10:21 AM PDT
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Chief will side with her no matter what.

  • 06.16.2012 10:38 AM PDT

Maybe a villain for a bit, in the climax of the trilogy, but I'd say more of a foil to the Chief than full on bad guy.

  • 06.16.2012 10:43 AM PDT

I think she will overcome rampancy. So, no.

  • 06.16.2012 10:46 AM PDT

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In Halo 4? No. In the trilogy? Probably.

If the AI are only suppose to last 7 years, her expiration date is up. Whether she turns against you or just goes extinct would be normal. We'll have to see.

  • 06.16.2012 10:51 AM PDT

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I have a feeling that 343i will use some excuse that she has extended her "sane" time frame by having spent time with Gravemind and the Halo Control Room. Then she'll really lose it by the end of Halo 6 and we'll have to end up destroying her to save the galaxy.

That or we'll spend one entire game, likely Halo 5, trying to fix her.

  • 06.16.2012 11:21 AM PDT

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That or we'll spend one entire game, likely Halo 5, trying to fix her.
That would be terrible.

  • 06.17.2012 6:15 AM PDT
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When she was all like, "You're not leaving this planet!", it led me to believe that something on Requiem is keeping her from going rampant or at least dying.

  • 06.17.2012 10:30 AM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

I'm hoping that she takes over Chief's armor and then has to be taken down, giving you a boss fight against Cortana in Mjolnir Mk VII armor.

  • 06.17.2012 10:34 AM PDT

she is trusted by cheif what could be a better reason to fight it
and she has the most protection possible MK V11 armor

[Edited on 06.18.2012 6:28 AM PDT]

  • 06.18.2012 6:25 AM PDT

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I just don't really see how that could work. She's just not villian material

  • 06.18.2012 7:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: AxJARxOFxDIRT
That or we'll spend one entire game, likely Halo 5, trying to fix her.
I could see that being a real possibility.

Otherwise it's not out of the realm of possibility that she could become an enemy in the game. Halo has had a history of malevolent AI's running amok. While 343i doesn't have much of a history, the moment I saw this thread Durandal just popped into my head and I thought, "man that would be really cool to have insane Cortana running us through mazes trying too kill us as we try to fix her."

However this all comes back to whether or not she has reached metastability or if it is even possible for her to do so. If it isn't possible then we as the Chief will have to destroy her at some point.

[Edited on 06.18.2012 9:51 AM PDT]

  • 06.18.2012 9:50 AM PDT

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She will either become rampant and Halo 6 will end with the Chief having to put down her most beloved friend, or she will achieve metastability and live on.

  • 06.19.2012 8:31 AM PDT

I see that her being rampant and all will be a major part of the game, but I don't think that she will become a villain.

  • 06.19.2012 9:51 AM PDT

Probably not although it would be a pretty epic twist.

  • 06.19.2012 12:03 PM PDT

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Chief will side with her no matter what.

  • 06.19.2012 1:14 PM PDT


Posted by: HipiO7
She will either become rampant and Halo 6 will end with the Chief having to put down her most beloved friend, or she will achieve metastability and live on.

  • 06.19.2012 1:25 PM PDT

There will be a point where she will be a villain, albeit not the primary one. Eventually, after John talks to her about who she really is, and to look what she's doing and all that -blam!-, she'll become metastable (possible with the help of Mendicant Bias?) and be reunited with John again. That's my guess, anyway. I don't think 343i woud think of killing her off as she's a major part of the Halo franchise.

Then again, I've been wrong before...

  • 06.21.2012 8:22 AM PDT

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Not the trilogy, but she'll probably be quite the threat in Halo 4.

  • 06.21.2012 1:02 PM PDT

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If she "overcomes" rampancy, that will be total bull. I can not fathom how Cortana will overcome something that has claimed the lives of every single other Smart AI (assuming they didn't get destroyed).

When/if they do keep her alive I can only hope it's not a dues ex machina, such a thing would be annoying. Good reasons > bad reasons.

[Edited on 06.21.2012 6:48 PM PDT]

  • 06.21.2012 6:47 PM PDT

Yes but not becuase of rampency but she dies at the end

  • 06.21.2012 7:51 PM PDT
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I myself agree with those who simply can't see it happening due to her importance in the halo world, but who knows, I can see how the upcoming title may need a new twist, but with the return of the forerunners and all that jazz, one would think it unlikely that she actually becomes the main villain. But once again, who knows?

  • 06.21.2012 8:11 PM PDT
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I think that if Cortana will be rampant, yes but will at least she will not turn on the Chief

  • 06.22.2012 12:33 AM PDT

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